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Cedar Point offers to rename coaster King James if LeBron returns to the Cleveland Cavaliers

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Cedar Point has offered to rename a roller coaster after LeBron James if he returns to the Cleveland Cavaliers. One possibility: Mean Streak, a massive wooden coaster, shown here during an early morning inspection.
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SANDUSKY, Ohio – Cedar Point has promised to rename one of its 17 coasters "King James" – if LeBron James returns to the Cleveland Cavaliers.

"Hey @KingJames – come back to the @cavs and we'll rename one of our coasters 'King James!'" said a tweet sent out by the park late Wednesday morning to 61,000 Twitter followers. "Ball in your court, sir."

Bryan Edwards, a park spokesman, said the offer was serious – though no decision about which coaster would be renamed has been made. (One repeated, retweeted suggestion: Mean Streak.)

"At this point, everything is on the table," said Edwards.

Edwards said James visited the park several times when he played in Cleveland. "He's always had a great experience here as far as we know," said Edwards.

The offer was made, said Edwards, in an effort to boost Ohio and its tourism industry. The park and Cavaliers are partners in their work to bring attention and visitors to the state, said Edwards.

"We're just big believers in this area," said Edwards. "And we wanted to lend a hand to a great partner of ours."

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